Automatic cord or twine elevator or holder



(NoModeL) GJG. COOK.

AUTOMATIC! 06m) 0R TWINE EBEVATOR- OR'HOLDER. No. 272,211.PatentediFehlC, 1883.

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GIDEON G. COOK, OF HUMBOLDT, IOWA.

AUTOMATIC CORD OR TWINE ELEVATOR OR HOLQERZ SPECIFICATION formingpart ofLetters Patent No. 272,211, dated Februar 1, 1885. Application filedDecember 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GIDEON G. 000K, ofHumboldt, in the county of Humboldt and State of Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Automatic Cord or Twine Elevatorsor Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers'skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it,referencebeing had to theaccomnanying drawing, which formspart of thisspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in automatic cord or twineelevators or holders;

and it consists in the combination ofa bracket, which forms a supportboth for the cord-holder and the spring-actuated arm, throne in theouter end of which the cord passes, as will be more fully describedhereinafter.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap and simple cord-holderwhich will instantly raise the end of the cord up high enough to be outof the way alter its end has been cord-holder, E, of any kind that maybe preferred. The arm F, which has its inner end,

G, bent inward upon itself, is hung or supported in the eye D on thebracket, and has its shorter end Gconnected with the eye 0, formed inthe bracket, by means or the sprin'g O. This spring serves to keep theouter end of the arm F pressed upward, and to cause it to spring backinto position as soon as the spring is released. 1n the outer end of thearm F is formed aguiding-eye,J,through which thestring from the ball ispassed. When the string is taken hold of for the purpose of tying up abundle the pull upon the string is just sufficient'to depress the outerend of the arm F, so that when the string is released, after its end hasbeen broken otfithe arm will spring upward and raise the lower end ofthe stringjust high enough above the counter to have it convn. ientlytaken hold of, and yet out of the way,

It will be seen that this cord or twine holder can be made ofspring-wire, thatthe parts are very few and simple, and that it isalmostim. possible for them to get out of order,

Having thus described my invention, I claim-Anautomaticcordortwineelevatorconsisting of the bracket A, havingsuitable eyes formed in it, the arm F G,a spring, and a cordrholder, theparts being combined and arranged to op: erate substantially as shownand described.'

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnes-es.

GIDEON G. =COOK, Witnesses;

R. G. TUNISON, A- AB IL

